ISSN:
1089-7690
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Highly inverted vibrational level populations are found for ClO fragments resulting from the UV photodissociation of OClO(2A2 ν1〉20) into ClO(X 2ΠΩ,v,J) and O(3PJ) fragments. These distributions depend significantly on the spin–orbit J state of the oxygen O(3PJ) partner atom. In contrast, the ClO rotational excitation is modest. Distinct rotational structure is visible in the O (3PJ) photofragment yield spectrum recorded from the highly excited OClO (2A2 ν1=21) vibronic band, which is indicative for hitherto unforeseen long dissociation lifetimes of very highly excited OClO. The data point towards an unexpected nearly-linear and highly asymmetric dissociation geometry. Carrying out near-threshold fragmentation experiments of OClO (2A20,0,0)→ClO (X 2Π3/2 v=0, J)+O(3P2,1,0) the dissociation energy D0 of OClO has been accurately determined to 247.3±0.5 kJ/mol. © 2001 American Institute of Physics.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1367393
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